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Moon's largest plain is not an impact crater

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Gravity data suggest flats of volcanic basalt formed from tectonic stretching.

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  1. Andrews-Hanna, J. C. et al. Nature 514, 68-71 (2014).

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  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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Gibney, E. Moon's largest plain is not an impact crater. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.16041

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